If you have a pet at home, particularly a dog or cat, you should make it a practice to keep your kitchen door shut when you are not in the kitchen. If you like in a house with so-called modern architecture, where the kitchen is little more than an open-access nook, you may need to install barriers to restrict the access. The reason is not just that your pets may want to explore the kitchen...
With the monsoon having finally set in, the scorching heat of the Indian summer, made worse by climate change and deforestation, is behind us, but pet owners face new challenges in keeping their wards safe and healthy. While the rains bring welcome relief for pets and their owners from the heat and dust, they also bring skin infections and moisture-induced diseases that compromise the animals’ health and hygiene. Here are seven simple tips to follow...
Christine Ann Dorchak, Esq, is a woman on a mission to end the so-called sport of greyhound racing worldwide. Ms Dorchak is president and general counsel of GREY2K USA, an organization that was set up to campaign against dog racing and rescue the animals trapped in the cruel enterprise. Greyhound racing originated in the USA over a century ago and spread to different parts of the world, mostly white Anglophone countries. While supporters claim it...
With the population of pets and livestock around the world on the rise, the global veterinary diagnostics market is set to witness a boom, according to MarketsandMarkets, recognized by Forbes as one of America’s best management consulting firms. The size of the global market for veterinary diagnostics in revenue terms was estimated at $3.3 billion, or Rs27,390 crore, in 2023. It is poised to rise to $5.0 billion, or Rs41,500 crore, by 2029 at a...
Last week TheSnout.in reported the encouraging story of how the Iberian lynx has made a comeback from the brink of extinction. Now, halfway around the world in Southeast Asia, the Bornean elephant, the world’s smallest, has been assessed as “endangered”, with barely 1,000 individuals remaining in the wild as human activities in its habitat rise rapidly, according to the latest update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. This...
If you are someone who crinkles your nose and covers it when you smell cat poop, or even just hear the words, there is a growing set out there for whom the words spell money. The cat litter market was valued at $8.0 billion, or Rs66,400 crore, in 2023 and is estimated to reach $13.7 billion, or Rs1,13,710 crore, by 2035, growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 4.7% from 2024, a new report...
Did you know? A private ‘zoo’ spread over 2,000 square metres and holding exotic animals and reptiles operates in the heart of Bombay, near the historic Shivaji Park. The Marine Aqua Zoo, which has been in commercial operation since 2022, claims to be recognized by the Central Zoo Authority. The claim was debunked by The Indian Express newspaper which filed a request for information under the Right To Information Act with the Central Zoo Authority....
Those given to making rude remarks about Pidi, the adorable pet that left an ambitious and arrogant politician alleged to be steeped in corruption feeling humiliated, are probably not going to like this. A new family-friendly streaming service, buddi, has been launched in the USA, and will feature pet-focused content 24×7. Think Netflix for pet people and animal lovers. That’s buddi. Given that 66% of households in the USA now include at least one pet,...
Calviri, Inc., a company spun out of Arizona State University and based in the Phoenix Bioscience Core, has announced the successful conclusion of the Vaccine Against Canine Cancer Study on May 4, a five-year clinical trial investigating a novel preventive cancer vaccine in dogs. This multi-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the largest of its kind in veterinary oncology, represents a significant milestone in the fight against canine cancer, the company said in a press release. Attempts...
A random review of social media platforms will reveal hundreds, if not thousands, of supposedly funny videos shared by owners of a humiliated pet using the clunky Elizabethan collar, also known as the Elizabethan cone, E-collar, or Cone of Shame. Pets can be seen in these videos knocking into furniture, struggling to eat, running in circles, or just looking forlorn. This humiliation could soon be a thing of the past, however. KeraVet Bio, maker of...
